: Re: Would it be a copyright violation if I made a character’s full name refer to a song? I want to write a realistic fiction book similar to Thomas Hardy’s works, where he used techniques

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Prince was not the creator of the name "Violet Raine" and does not own or control any rights to it. You can name your kids Violet Raine. You can name yourself Violet Raine. You can name your fictional characters Violet Raine. You can even trace the ancestral history of actual people named Violet Raine or Violet Raines, many of whom predate the song by decades. There is a current actress who includes Violet Raine in her name. There are video game characters. It's just a name, and it has been around for a long time.

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